Common Myths That Have Been Debunked By Science

The Moon is Not Close to the Earth

Even though the moon can sometimes seem like it's close enough to reach up and grab, it is actually very far away. The moon is roughly 239,000 miles from the Earth. Theoretically, if a standard airplane was to try and fly to the moon at full speed, it would take 17 days to reach its destination.

The More You Know

Pilots and their co-pilots are required to eat different meals before flights so that they don’t both end up with food poisoning.
A relative of the T. rex stood just 3-feet tall.
The sun and moon appear to be the same size in the sky because of an astonishing coincidence: the moon is 400 times smaller but 400 times closer.
It costs the U.S. Mint almost twice as much to mint each penny and nickel as the coins are actually worth. Taxpayers lost over $100 million in 2013 just through the coins being made.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.